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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Posted on 31 January 2012 by churumuri
9

The right arm of the Gandhi no one remembers


V. Kalyanam (left), the former personal secretary to Mahatma Gandhi, arriving for the Sarvodaya Day celebrations organised by Bangalore University, in Bangalore on Monday. Now 92, Kalyanam was 28 and …

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Posted on 30 January 2012 by churumuri
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CHURUMURI POLL: Who is your role-model?


As the old saying goes, nostalgia is no longer what it used to be. Even so, in a discourse dominated by the here and now and the ephemeral, Infosys chief …

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Posted on 27 January 2012 by churumuri
26

Rushdie: Listen to what the good doctor says


Looking at all the shrieking and shouting on television (and reading the newspapers), it would seem as if the only people who have a view on the major debates of …

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Posted on 25 January 2012 by churumuri
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Is there space for another Kannada news channel?


On paper, the media market in Karnataka is not the largest of the four southern States. The conventional wisdom is that unlike Andhra Pradesh, we do not have as many …

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Posted on 25 January 2012 by churumuri
10

Have even Sardars lost their sense of humour?


Facet: Jay Leno is the US equivalent of Cyrus Broacha (to the power of one thousand). Fact: With an income of $21million last year, US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is …

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Posted on 24 January 2012 by churumuri
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One question Barkha Dutt should ask Rushdie


After five days of dominating the Jaipur literary festival without even stepping foot in it, Sir Salman Rushdie will bring the curtain down on the final day; he will address …

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Posted on 23 January 2012 by churumuri
3

Does jail mean ‘guilty’, bail mean ‘innocent’?


E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji gawked at the TV screen as she watched the news. “What happened, Ajji? Something wrong?” “This fellow kammenwelthnalli Englandninda dodda chhatri chhatri tharisda alva?” “Yes, Ajji. …

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Posted on 23 January 2012 by churumuri
19

Manmohan & Deve Gowda: 40 winks of separation


In his first term as prime minister, Manmohan Singh was called plenty of names by the BJP and routinely reminded of being “weak” till it boomeranged in the 2009 elections. …

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Posted on 20 January 2012 by churumuri
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CHURUMURI POLL: Is India a liberal Republic?


On the eve of the 62nd anniversary of the “sovereign socialist secular republic”, a nice little knife has been stuck into the heart of liberal India by goondas and moral …

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Posted on 19 January 2012 by churumuri
3

Tch-tching about Adelaide? Think of Anandvan.


On the eve of the fourth Test match against Australia, Rahul Dravid and Harsha Bhogle show that there is more to life than winning, losing or sweating over a cricket …

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Posted on 19 January 2012 by churumuri
4

Yes, his name was Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves


Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves, the Goan music composer who was Laxmikant-Pyarelal‘s muse for the hit song in the 1977 Manmohan Desai film Amar Akbar Antony is no more. “Wait, wait, wait. …

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Posted on 18 January 2012 by churumuri
19

N. Ram’s farewell letter to ‘The Hindu’ staff


The following is the full text of the letter sent off by Narasimhan Ram, editor-in-chief of The Hindu group of publications, to his colleagues on Wednesday, 18 January 2012, on …

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Posted on 17 January 2012 by churumuri
14

Is the media to blame for Team India’s worries?


India Drown Under. Surrender Down Under. Wallopped! Tigers at home, lambs abroad. The adjectives are tripping off TV screens and sports pages, following the precipitous fall in Indian performance in …

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Posted on 15 January 2012 by churumuri
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Khushwant Singh: 11 secrets of a long, happy life


As he prepares to turn 98 next month, the “dirty old man of Indian journalism”, Khushwant Singh, is in an effusive mood, revealing the tricks of Life Sutra, in his Deccan Herald …

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Posted on 15 January 2012 by churumuri
13

When Mukesh Ambani writes the media’s cheques


The fears over what happens when a big business house with deep pockets and political influence across parties funds a big media house to legitimise its hitherto-hidden media interests are …

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Posted on 14 January 2012 by churumuri
5

The only reason why Yediyurappa should return


His chamchas and chelas, his followers and factotums, have dozens of reasons for B.S. Yediyurappa‘s return. But if there is one genuine reason why the newspaper reading world should forgive …

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Posted on 14 January 2012 by churumuri
17

Who gives a shit to Jeremy Clarkson’s crap?


VIKRAM MUTHANNA writes: Recently Jeremy Clarkson, that giant of a man, the patronising British ‘chap’ who presents Topgear, a show about cars on BBC Entertainment, did a show in India …

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Posted on 12 January 2012 by churumuri
37

Who wants a 4-lane road to Chamundi Hills?


E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The overzealous minister in charge of Mysore district, S.A. Ramdas, has announced that he wants to convert the road from Mysore leading upto Chamundi hills into a …

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Posted on 11 January 2012 by churumuri
13

Everybody loves a nice, messy photo-opportunity


The statistics tumble out of the papers every morning: 42% of children—two of every five, that is—are malnourished; 56% of our population is in need of food subsidy. Etcetera. And …

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Posted on 11 January 2012 by churumuri
4

The dumbest TV commercial of the year, so far?


After watching Abhishek Bachchan in this priceless Idea 3G ad, you can only hope his baby takes after Aishwarya Rai (justice Markandey Katju please to note). And they are touting …

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Posted on 10 January 2012 by churumuri
3

Another gig for ‘Papa Rock’ in another world


In the Bharat that is India, it is only those who play by the book, who stick to the code, who do not stray from the straight and narrow, who …

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Posted on 10 January 2012 by churumuri
2

Never—ever—ignore the elephant in the room


Online, people call it “The Streisand Effect“—an attempt to hide something which has the inverse effect of publicising what you are trying to hide some more. The Election Commission’s quixotic …

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Posted on 9 January 2012 by churumuri
21

The curious case of Mukesh Ambani & Raghav Bahl


PRITAM SENGUPTA in New Delhi and KEERTHI PRATIPATI in Hyderabad write: Media criticism in India, especially in the so-called mainstream media, has never been much to write home about. Operating …

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Posted on 8 January 2012 by churumuri
5

Cricket’s a team game. Here’s full and final proof


Two years ago, in Mysore, Karnataka’s Manish Pandey pulled off a blinder in the finals of the Ranji Trophy against Bombay. Two years on, Bevan Small does ditto in domestic Twenty20 …

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Posted on 7 January 2012 by churumuri
19

6 questions Rahul Gandhi still hasn’t answered


If you listen closely to the breeze blowing through the capital’s vineyards, the year of the lord two-thousand twelve is the year when a not-so-young man will become the “fifth …

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